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Old 01-19-2020, 10:57 AM   #1
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Unhappy Lacie 4TB drive


I'm running Linux Mint 19.3 tricia with a relatively fast desktop PC i7 quad processor and 16gb ram running at 1300 mhz. I have a Lacie 4 TB drive attached via usb and it is PAINFULLY slow. it has a lightning cable port - can this be used with linux? Does anyone know if there any way to make this more responsive
 
Old 01-19-2020, 06:44 PM   #2
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You need to be more specific. Have you done the basics - move the disk to other slots, what USB are you using 2/3 ?. Let's see this run from a terminal.
Code:
lsblk -f -o +SIZE
 
Old 01-20-2020, 02:31 AM   #3
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Not sure what it means but here you are

$ lsblk -f -o +SIZE
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT SIZE
loop0 squash /snap/snap 42.9M
loop1 squash /snap/dosb 68.1M
loop2 squash /snap/orga 54.9M
loop3 squash /snap/gnom 156.7M
loop4 squash /snap/dosb 68.1M
loop5 squash /snap/snap 22.4M
loop6 squash /snap/urba 1.4G
loop7 squash /snap/gnom 156M
loop8 squash /snap/mail 193.3M
loop9 squash /snap/core 54.7M
loop10
squash /snap/mail 193.3M
loop11
squash /snap/core 54.6M
loop12
squash /snap/gtk- 44.9M
loop13
squash /snap/prbo 82.9M
loop14
squash /snap/gtk- 44.2M
loop15
squash /snap/eure 72M
loop16
squash /snap/core 89.1M
loop17
squash /snap/orga 54.9M
loop18
squash /snap/onen 53.5M
loop19
squash /snap/snap 22.4M
loop20
squash /snap/snap 42.9M
loop21
squash /snap/bubb 8.2M
loop22
squash /snap/core 89.1M
loop23
squash /snap/urba 1.4G
sda 447.1G
├─sda1
│ vfat D49C-A307 /boot/efi 512M
└─sda2
LVM2_m n11HQp-q12B-REgH-4uhW-snRK-c27M-VvOcb0 446.6G
├─mint--vg-root$ lsblk -f -o +SIZE
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT SIZE
loop0 squash /snap/snap 42.9M
loop1 squash /snap/dosb 68.1M
loop2 squash /snap/orga 54.9M
loop3 squash /snap/gnom 156.7M
loop4 squash /snap/dosb 68.1M
loop5 squash /snap/snap 22.4M
loop6 squash /snap/urba 1.4G
loop7 squash /snap/gnom 156M
loop8 squash /snap/mail 193.3M
loop9 squash /snap/core 54.7M
loop10
squash /snap/mail 193.3M
loop11
squash /snap/core 54.6M
loop12
squash /snap/gtk- 44.9M
loop13
squash /snap/prbo 82.9M
loop14
squash /snap/gtk- 44.2M
loop15
squash /snap/eure 72M
loop16
squash /snap/core 89.1M
loop17
squash /snap/orga 54.9M
loop18
squash /snap/onen 53.5M
loop19
squash /snap/snap 22.4M
loop20
squash /snap/snap 42.9M
loop21
squash /snap/bubb 8.2M
loop22
squash /snap/core 89.1M
loop23
squash /snap/urba 1.4G
sda 447.1G
├─sda1
│ vfat D49C-A307 /boot/efi 512M
└─sda2
LVM2_m n11HQp-q12B-REgH-4uhW-snRK-c27M-VvOcb0 446.6G
├─mint--vg-root
│ ext4 1868cf0c-0be2-41d2-9b01-6c4897fbc427 / 430.8G
└─mint--vg-swap_1
swap 82d967dd-7f64-4bcd-abea-bae08292c3f0 [SWAP] 15.9G
sdb 1.8T
├─sdb1
│ 128M
└─sdb2
ntfs Filestore D2D4E9F7D4E9DDAB /media/ajb 1.8T
sdc 3.7T
├─sdc1
│ vfat EFI 70D6-1701 200M
└─sdc2
exfat 53A4-08FA 3.7T
sdd 931.5G
└─sdd1
ntfs AJs reserve
4E1AEA7B1AEA6007 /media/ajb 931.5G
sde udf CDROM 558c337400000000 28.9G
└─sde1
vfat MOVIEZ 8BFE-D087 /media/ajb 28.9G
sr0 1024M

│ ext4 1868cf0c-0be2-41d2-9b01-6c4897fbc427 / 430.8G
└─mint--vg-swap_1
swap 82d967dd-7f64-4bcd-abea-bae08292c3f0 [SWAP] 15.9G
sdb 1.8T
├─sdb1
│ 128M
└─sdb2
ntfs Filestore D2D4E9F7D4E9DDAB /media/ajb 1.8T
sdc 3.7T
├─sdc1
│ vfat EFI 70D6-1701 200M
└─sdc2
exfat 53A4-08FA 3.7T
sdd 931.5G
└─sdd1
ntfs AJs reserve
4E1AEA7B1AEA6007 /media/ajb 931.5G
sde udf CDROM 558c337400000000 28.9G
└─sde1
vfat MOVIEZ 8BFE-D087 /media/ajb 28.9G
sr0 1024M
 
Old 01-20-2020, 06:05 PM   #4
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That's a massive mess, so I've cleaned it up so we can all read it - note the use of [code] tags to maintain layout.
exfat is a proprietary format and in Linux is accessed via a userland tool called fuse - which is basically a translation layer before the I/O is passed to the kernel. If the tools are properly installed I wouldn't expect it to be really slow unless maybe you are doing really large transfers. Like I said, we need more detail about your specific situation.
The Mint I have doesn't have all those snap allocations - didn't know the latest Mint had gone that way. There have been quite a few reports of that slowing down the whole system for Ubuntu, on which Mint is based. Sorry can't help at the moment as I don't have such a system - perhaps someone else can.
Code:
$ lsblk -f -o +SIZE

NAME  FSTYPE LABEL      UUID                                   MOUNTPOINT   SIZE

sda                                                                       447.1G
├─sda1
│     vfat              D49C-A307                              /boot/efi    512M
└─sda2
      LVM2_m            n11HQp-q12B-REgH-4uhW-snRK-c27M-VvOcb0            446.6G
  ├─mint--vg-root
  │   ext4              1868cf0c-0be2-41d2-9b01-6c4897fbc427   /          430.8G
  └─mint--vg-swap_1
      swap              82d967dd-7f64-4bcd-abea-bae08292c3f0   [SWAP]      15.9G
sdb                                                                         1.8T
├─sdb1
│                                                                           128M
└─sdb2
      ntfs   Filestore  D2D4E9F7D4E9DDAB                       /media/ajb   1.8T
sdc                                                                         3.7T
├─sdc1
│     vfat   EFI        70D6-1701                                           200M
└─sdc2
      exfat             53A4-08FA                                           3.7T
sdd                                                                       931.5G
└─sdd1
      ntfs   AJs reserve
                        4E1AEA7B1AEA6007                       /media/ajb 931.5G
sde   udf    CDROM      558c337400000000                                   28.9G
└─sde1
      vfat   MOVIEZ     8BFE-D087                              /media/ajb  28.9G
sr0                                                                        1024M

  │   ext4              1868cf0c-0be2-41d2-9b01-6c4897fbc427   /          430.8G
  └─mint--vg-swap_1
      swap              82d967dd-7f64-4bcd-abea-bae08292c3f0   [SWAP]      15.9G
 
Old 01-21-2020, 10:23 PM   #5
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I found in my experience that Linux mint is slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! That's why I don't use it.
 
  


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